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Why does plugging headphones directly into guitar effect sound "bad"?
Guitar overdrives/fuzz boxes etc are designed to be fed to guitar amps.
This isn't even really a problem of impedance or even output voltage, it's one of EQ curve.
Guitar amps [& speakers] really ...
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What can a modern DAW do with analog sounds?
All the sounds in a DAW are digital, not analog. What you're working with is a digital recording of your analog sound source (guitar, voice, whatever). Every digital effect can be used on every ...
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Guitar effect in Pink Floyd’s Comfortably Numb
You mean the 'squeak' on the very first note? That's a picked harmonic.
You do it by touching the string with your thumb behind the pick, at the same time as you pick the note. The pitch you generate ...
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What can a modern DAW do with analog sounds?
Taking the question literally, the answer is nothing – because DAWs are completely digital. But they can certainly record and represent any analogue sound.
will I be able to modify the analog sources ...
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How do you set a parametric EQ to emulate a Dunlop Crybaby wah?
A quick google search turned up this image from Electrosmash.com. I see no harm in assuming it's accurate until proven otherwise.
Simply use one band pass filter with a bandwidth that roughly ...
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Should I lift my hand from the frets?
Sounds to me like there's no reason to slide up or down for this guitar part anyhow.
There's no sliding sounds on the recording, and the notes don't call for sliding up or down any string.
However, if ...
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Should I lift my hand from the frets?
The big issue is that you can get noise when you drag a finger up and down a wound string.
If that's okay for the song, if that's okay for you, that's okay. If you find it annoying, and putting lotion ...
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Connecting Zoom g7.1ut effects console to focusrite 2i2 Audio Interface?
I know I'm replaying to an old post, but anyway, someone will find this useful.
I had the same issue with the G1X Four wich can be feed by usb, so I use a battery pack and noise is gone.
You can also ...
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Connecting Laney MINI amp with iPhones (Without headphone jack)
Some time has passed since you posted this issue so I assume that you have tested the Mini Laney. The answer you're looking for is in Laney's youtube video. Basically you connect the lightning adapter ...
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Connecting a Looper to a Guitar Multieffects Pedal
if you are using the GT100 or GT1000 you have to activate the send and return in your effects chain and moving it to the final, just before your outputs (headphone, amps or speaker). Then yo connect ...
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What is the difference between parallel and series effects loop
The answer is incorrect because it describes the running of effects in series or parallel before the signal reaches the pre-amp stage of the amplifier, whereas the question is about the use of an &...
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How does Ed O'Brien (Radiohead) get his guitar to sound like a synth?
Looks like it’s not only pedals but also production techniques. About his solo album he said:
Every part that sounds like a synth is multi-tracked sustainer guitars, like the string-section of an ...
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What Phaser is used at the beginning of "Rooster" by Alice in Chains?
I was Dave Jerden's tech for a decade but did start a little after Dirt...however, the sound was Dave's Taylor into a ce-1, small stone, and flanger (prob his Boss)...the amp was a vox superbeatle......
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